The effects of potential larval supply, settlement and post-settlement processes on the distribution of two species of filter-feeding caddisflies

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 717-729

  Sharpe, Andrew K ^a,b   Downes, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ   (Australia)

Author keywords

Current speed; Habitat preference; Hydropsychid larvae; Substratum texture

Indexed keywords

CADDISFLY; CURRENT VELOCITY; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM;

ASMICRIDEA; HYDROPSYCHIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; SMICROPHYLAX; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33645101570     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01526.x     Document Type: Article

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